Jess Thorup

Jess Thorup
Personal information
Date of birth	(1970-02-21) 21 February 1970
Place of birth	Denmark
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	FC Midtjylland (manager)
Youth career
-1989	OB
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989-1996	OB	134	(29)
1996-1998	KFC Uerdingen 05	39	(3)
1998	FC Wacker Tirol	13	(3)
1998-2005	Esbjerg fB	203	(58)
2005	HamKam	12	(1)
2006	Esbjerg fB	1	(0)
Teams managed
2006-2008	Esbjerg fB (assistant)
2008-2009	Esbjerg fB (caretaker)
2009-2011	Esbjerg fB (assistant)
2011-2013	Esbjerg fB
2013-2015	Denmark U-20
2013-2015	Denmark U-21
2015-	FC Midtjylland
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Jess Thorup (born 21 February 1970) is a former Danish professional football forward, who played for the two Danish Superliga sides OB and Esbjerg fB. He also played for the German club KFC Uerdingen 05, the Austrian club FC Wacker Tirol and the Norwegian club HamKam.

He was head coach of Esbjerg fB starting with the resignation of Ove Pedersen on 14 March 2011.

On 21 February 2013 it was announced that starting 1 June 2013 he would be the manager of the Denmark under-21 national football team, and thereby leaving Esbjerg fB.

Managerial statistics

All competitive league games (league and domestic cup) and international matches are included.

As of 18 February 2016

Team	Nat	Year	Record
Team	Nat	Year	P	W	D	L	Win %
Esbjerg (caretaker)		2008–09	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	7001333300000000000♠33.33
Esbjerg		2011–13	7001800000000000000♠80	7001440000000000000♠44	7001160000000000000♠16	7001200000000000000♠20	7001550000000000000♠55.00
Denmark U-21		2013–15	7001230000000000000♠23	7001120000000000000♠12	7000700000000000000♠7	7000400000000000000♠4	7001521700000000000♠52.17
FC Midtjylland		2015–	7001320000000000000♠32	7001170000000000000♠17	7000600000000000000♠6	7000900000000000000♠9	7001531300000000000♠53.13
Career Total			7002138000000000000♠138	7001740000000000000♠74	7001310000000000000♠31	7001330000000000000♠33	7001536200000000000♠53.62

Danish Football Manager of the Year

Esbjerg fB – managers

Denmark national under-21 football team – managers

Troelsen (1976–80) Nielsen (1980–89) Jensen (1989–92) Poulsen (1992–99) Serritslev (2000–06) Bordinggaard (2006–11) Wieghorst (2011–13) Thorup (2013–15) Frederiksen (2015–)

FC Midtjylland – managers

Pedersen (1999–2002) Bech (2002–03) Rasmussen (2004–08) Thomasberg (2008–09) Kuhn (2009–11) Riddersholm (2011–15) Thorup (2015–)

FC Midtjylland – current squad

2 K. Hansen 3 Sparv 6 Halsti 7 Poulsen 7 Van der Vaart 10 Pušić 11 Borring 16 Dahlin 17 Olsson 18 Riis 19 M. Larsen 20 Nicolaisen 21 Kairinen 22 Duelund 24 Døhr Thychosen 26 Banggaard 28 Rømer 31 Andersen 33 Onuachu 35 Rutikanga 36 Hassan 42 David 43 Nissen 70 Novák 77 Bruninho 88 Wikheim Manager: Thorup

Danish Superliga head coaches

Henriksen Hjulmand Kristjánsson Michelsen Mølby D. Nielsen K. Nielsen Riddersholm Solbakken Søndergaard L. Sørensen P. Sørensen Thorup Zorniger

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